LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SPACE FOR ENRICHMENT AND RESEARCH laser.osu.edu AT A GLANCE The Ohio State University Latino and Latin American Space for Enrichment and Research (LASER) is a forum Latino Studies: for Ohio State faculty, undergraduate and graduate Minor Program—Lives in students, and faculty and visiting scholars from around the Spanish and Portuguese the world, to learn from one another about Latino and department; the Latino Studies curriculum has an “Americas” Latin American history, culture, economics, literature, (North, Central, and South geography, and other areas. America) focus. Graduate Scholar in Residence Program: Fosters an intellectual community among Chicano/Latino and Latin Americanist graduate students by creating mentoring opportunities between graduate and undergraduate students. Faculty: Drawn from 1000-2000 scholars doing work in Latino-American William Oxley Thompson studies LASER MENTOR PROGRAM LASER Mentors serve as role models as well as bridge builders between Latinos in high school and Ohio State as well as between undergraduates at Ohio State and graduate and professional school. The goal: to expand the presence of Latinos in higher education as well as to enrich the Ohio State undergraduate research experience and to prepare students for successful transition to advanced professional and graduate school programs. Research and exchange of Latino and Latin American studies. GOALS OF LASER OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE 1: ENHANCING RESEARCH, SERVICE, PEDAGOGY STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE IN THE FIELD OF LATINO LASER participants seek to pool their knowledge and interests to create new directions for Latino and Latin AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES. American research, teaching, and service. Building WITH AN EYE TOWARD BUILDING knowledge of the Americas will stimulate individual and collective scholarly, outreach, and pedagogical efforts BRIDGES INTERNATIONALLY, LASER among faculty, staff, and students INCORPORATES THE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON LATINOS IN THE US AS IT INTERFACES WITH THE 2: SOLIDIFYING CURRICULAR AND MENTORING INITIATIVES SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL REALITIES OF THOSE INHABITING THE LASER participants work to establish a stronger presence for Latino and Latin American studies in AMERICAS. the curriculum by building programming around the {Frederick Luis Aldama, Director, LASER} Latino Studies Minor and GIS that have been refocused explore the social, cultural, and historical realities facing Latinos/as residing in the United States, as well as how such realities interface with those of Central and Latin America and the Hispanophone Caribbean. LASER PARTNERSHIPS sponsors a graduate/undergraduate student mentor program. The Ohio State University Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University 3: BUILDING CONNECTIONS AT OHIO STATE AND ELSEWHERE Latin American and Latino Studies UCSanta Cruz LASER participants aim to build a model center in the ¿Qué Pasa, OSU? Midwest for cross-disciplinary research and a forum for creative endeavor by and about Latinos of the Americas. Chicano/Latino Studies Berkeley El Centro Chicano UCLA Chicano Studies UCSB Chicano Studies Latino/Latina Studies (University of Illinois) LATINO AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Director: Frederick Luis Aldama SPACE FOR ENRICHMENT AND RESEARCH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 2174/2190 SMITH LAB, 174 W 18TH AVE COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210 (614) 292-7816 1.2012-SR.